We’ve seen a net loss of 23,500 full-time jobs to date in 2025.
Alberta lost 1,800 full-time jobs last month
We’ve seen a net loss of 23,500 full-time jobs to date in 2025.
But they lost 15,400 the month before, so this is pretty much a wash.
Since the start of the year, the province has lost over 35,000 full-time jobs.
The public sector increased by 3,000, however, marking 4 months in a row that the public sector has outperformed the private sector in Alberta.
And they were all women workers. The province also saw the largest loss in overall jobs in Canada.
2 out of every 3 new jobs in Alberta last month were in the public sector.
And yet Alberta still had the fourth largest unemployment rate in the country.
And yet Alberta still had the third largest unemployment rate in the country.
And that’s despite 12,000 people leaving Alberta’s labour force.
We also had the third highest unemployment rate in the country last month.